If you want to commit something to memory, read it, try reciting it in your head, try writing out, and as long as you can't, refer back to the original thing.
If you want to record a passing thing to later commit to memory, write it in a notebook.
If you want to record a passing thing to later commit to memory, write it in a notebook.
1. Associate new ideas to existing ideas (metaphors, problem solve, story)
2. Make it less abstract (story, diagrams, touch, smell, etc)
3. Express it (restate, teach, share, tweet, blog, etc)